Subs: De Gea, Azpilicueta, Bartra, San Jose, Raul Garcia, Iturraspe, Santi Cazorla, Isco, El Haddadi

Macedonia XI: Pacovski; Cuculi, Mojsov, Sikov, Ristovski, Alioski; Ibraimi, Abdurahimi, Spirovski, Trajkovski; Jahovic

Subs: Bogatinov, Naumovski, Todorovski, Damchevski, Valkoski, Glisic, Ristevski, Demiri, Hasani, Velkoski, Radeski, Kostovski

Spain have taken the first step on the road to resurrection with a 5-1 win over Macedonia in a Euro 2016 qualifier- the first competitive fixture since their ouster from the FIFA World Cup.

Spain 1-0 Macedonia: Sergio Ramos (p) (15’)

Sergio Ramos opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a delightful Panenka penalty after David Silva was brought down in the box:

Spain 2-0 Macedonia: Alcacer (17’)

Alcacer scored his first goal for Spain after a great diagonal ball by Silva was lobbed into the danger area by Juanfran for the Valencia star to volley into an empty net

Spain 2- Macedonia 1: Ibraimi (28’)

Ibraimi gave Macedonia hope when he scored a penalty of his own in the 28th minute

Spain 3-1 Macedonia: Busquets (45+3’)

Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets scored his first goal for Spain as his deflected shot wrongfooted the goalkeeper.

Spain 4-1 Macedonia: David Silva (50’)

Silva played an intricate one-two with Alba to slot home his team’s 4th.

Spain 5-1 Macedonia: Pedro (91’)

Pedro received a Silva pass at the edge of the box to chip it over goalkeeper Pacovski

You can check out all the goals in the video below:

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